HVEDC board member now its president/CEO

Thursday

Feb 7, 2013 at 2:00 AM

James Walsh

Laurence Gottlieb, Westchester County's economic development director, has been named president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp.The appointment was announced Wednesday, following the departure of Michael Oates to become CEO of Hudson River Ventures, a small-business investment firm.Gottlieb has headed Westchester's Office of Economic Development since 2010. He joins HVEDC on Feb. 25. He was already a member of HVEDC's board, and was a co-founder of two of the organization's initiatives: NY BioHud Valley, a biotechnology cluster development coalition, and the Hudson Valley Food and Beverage Alliance, which promotes the growth of companies in the region.

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